Lewis Brisbois Expands National General Liability, Transportation Practices With New Partner Hire

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome seasoned trial attorney Michael Franz as a partner in its General Liability and Transportation Practices. Mr. Franz, who will work out of the firm’s Chicago and Fort Lauderdale offices, joins Lewis Brisbois from Sanchez Daniels and Hoffman LLP where his practice included business and transportation litigation, as well as extensive trial and arbitration in condominium/real estate, fraud, toxic/mass torts, and transportation law, including personal injury defense, wrongful death, and products liability litigation. He also has experience in insurance defense, insurance coverage, arson, consumer fraud, and warranty law actions.

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Powerhouse Global Tax Partners Join McDermott

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the additions of Tax partners Jeffrey (Jeff) Maydew and Meaghan A. Wolfe based in Chicago and Michael W. Hardgrove based in Boston. Jeff and Meaghan join from Baker McKenzie where Jeff was Chair of its Global Tax Planning and Transactions Practice Group and was a member of the Management Committee for the firm’s North American Tax Practice. Michael joins from DLA Piper where he was a member of its Global Tax Committee.

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Dinsmore’s Growth Continues as Prominent M&A Team Joins Firm in Detroit and Chicago

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed five dynamic partners to its Mergers and Acquisitions group this week—four in the national firm’s Detroit office and one in Chicago. The team is led by Joseph DeVito, who served as chair of Corporate, Finance and Real Estate at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. Also joining Dinsmore in Detroit as M&A specialists are partners Jeffrey Hoover, Evonne Xu and Ian Larkin. The team is rounded out by Jane Hahn, who is joining Dinsmore in Chicago.
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Leading Privacy, Advertising, and Brand Protection Attorney Joins Reed Smith as a Partner

Reed Smith today announced the addition of pioneering data privacy, advertising, and brand protection partner Robert Newman. Formerly the co-chair of Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb & Loeb LLP and co-leader of the Global Privacy & Data Security Task Force at Winston & Strawn LLP, Newman has joined Reed Smith’s global Entertainment & Media Industry Group as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.

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Polsinelli Continues Real Estate Growth Momentum, Adding Well-Known Chicago Attorney Kimberlie Pearlman and Real Estate Associate Nataly Yosef

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes well-known Chicago real estate attorney Kimberlie Pearlman as shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. Pearlman joins the firm’s rapidly-growing national Real Estate Practice, bringing tangible general counsel and development experience, including over a decade as real estate associate and partner with DLA Piper.

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William Levi, Former DOJ Chief of Staff, Rejoins Sidley’s Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C.

Sidley is pleased to announce that William Levi, who previously served in senior roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate, has rejoined Sidley’s Litigation practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., where he will represent clients in a broad range of complex litigation, enforcement actions, regulatory disputes, and appellate matters.

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Crowell & Moring and Brinks Gilson & Lione Join Forces

Crowell & Moring and Chicago-based Brinks Gilson & Lione have joined forces. The deal brings together the practice of the premier 100-year old IP firm, recognized for its deep technical experience and scientific savvy, with Crowell & Moring’s intellectual property, technology, brand protection, and digital transformation capabilities. Brinks Gilson & Lione is renowned for assisting clients to maximize the value of cutting-edge technologies and advancing the interests of intellectual property owners.

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